Cash-register.



W. R. HEINITZ.

CASH REGISTER, APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26, 1907.

905,072. Patented Nov. 24, 1908.

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W. R. HEINITZ.

GASH REGISTER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 26, 1907.

Patented Nov. 24, 1908.

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To all whom it may concern:

UNITED srnrns PATENT ormcn WOLDEMAR REINHOLD nninrrz, or CHEMNITZ,GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO THE FIRM or SCHUBERT & SALZER MASGHINENFABRIKAKTIENGESELL'SOHAFT; OF'GH'EMNITZ, GER- MANY ' CASE-RE GISTER;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 24, 1908.

Application filed March as, 1907. Serial No, 364,682.

Be it known that I, WOLDEMAR REINHOLD HEINITZ, a citizen of the Kingdomof Saxony, and resident of Ohemnitz, Germany, (whose post-oflice addressis Neefestrasse 241,) have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Cash-Registers, of which theifollowing is a specification.

The subject of my invention is a cash-register having a plurality oftills and in which besides the main counting device, special-devices forcounting, and the like are provided for each till.

- The improved apparatus differs from prior registers, in that formotion of these special devices into the working position,

special levers or like members are dis used with, motion of the tillsthemselves e ecting.

initial adjustment of the corresponding dev ce into its .workingosition, whereupon registration can be e ected by operating crank,lever, key or the like.

seeming-actuated rods 2 engage and thus lock The manner in which thecash keys of the register are actuated, whether arranged for depression,turning, as setting-levers or the like, is of no importance. The novelfeature of the new register is that for initial adjustment of thedesired special device, ad-

. justment-members are dispensed with, the

till bringing the respective device into the workingposition direct. Thesucceeding operation of the mechanism of the special de vice, however,is not effected by, for instance,

continued motion of the till, but by rotation of a crank, setting oflevers, depression of keys or the like, which preferably simultaneouslyperform the other functions of the register (addition and main mechanismetc.)

Three forms of construction of the new register are shown in theaccompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a cross section and Fig. 2 a

printing with the.

longitudinal section illustrating a register in which the specialcounting devlces are shifted horizontally; Fig. 3 illustrates invertical section a register in which the special counting devices shiftin vertical direction, and Fig; 4 by a similar View illustrates aregister [in which the special counting devices are mounted? in a rotaryframe.

' In the case a of the register are located the tills 0!, each providedwith a catchhaving two notches b, c, .in which vertical the till. Thesaid-rods are pressed and held down by compression springs e bearingupward against a fixed abutment on the frame and downward against acollar 6 on the rod. On the main shaft f is mounted the operat ingmechanism 9, which can act both on the main counting mechanism 72. andon the special counting mechanisms 2', i 71 The latter are mounted in-ahorizontal (Figs. 1 and 2) or a vertical (Fig. 3) slide is, or in aframe is (Fig. t), provided with teeth. On a second shaft Z is mounted atoothed segment m, from which projects laterally a pin 'n. .Thelatter islocated above the rods 6 and is of such length that each rod 6 canengage. it.

The toothed segment meshes with the rack of the slide is "or the toothedwheel of-the frame 71: On the main shaft is also mounted a cam disk 12which acts on a slidingpin- 9.: Inv the slide or frame notches 0 areprovided, into which the pin 9 can be pressed by the cam go, so thatunintentional shifting of the special. counters cannot take place duringactuation of the register.

7' are levers jointed to the rods 6 and each engaged by an arm 8 mountedon the main shaft, when brought into the path of the arm by a rod 6being raised from the lower notchb to the higher one o, by the tillbeing pushed back as shown in the case of the lowermost till.

-WheIi-a till is pushed in, and its rod 6 thus raised, the latter willstrike the pin a. The segment at will thus be turned, corresponding tothe lift of the rod 6, and the slide is, or frame M, will be actuated,so that the special counter corresponding to the till pushed in willentirely be brought into the engagement position. On the rod e drop pinginto the upper notch c, the top end of the rod will retreat from the pinn again (Fig. 1). Upon the main shaft being now rotated, the'specialcounter which has just been set will be'actuated by the actual operatingmechanism and at the same time the rod 6. will be raised from the uppernotch by thearm e actin on the lever r, without, however, again strikingthe pin n. The till is ,thus released and can be automatically opened inwellsknown manner by means of a spring or the like.

Toward the end of the complete rotation of the main shaft f, atoothedsegment f fixed on the latter comes into engagement with a secondtoothed segment m mounted which all the special counters are out ofengagement with the actual operating mechanism. i

Instead of the rods e acting directly upon the segment, inter-mediatemembers may naturally be provided for adjusting the special mechanisms 7The means employed for transmission of the motion of the rods to theslide or framecarrying the special mechanisms may in fact be anydesired. The essential feature of the invention, as

' already remarked, is the shifting of the special mechanisms into theworking position solely by means of the movement of a gill .without theuse of special setting-memers.

. to the use of separate clerks or salesmen so that the transactions ofeach salesman will be registered not only on the main countingmechanism, but also on the separate count-.

ing mechanism assigned to such salesman and which is brought intooperative position by the manipulation of-his particular till', asalready explained.

l The actual operating mechanism of the register-may be ofany desireddescription and in itself forms no part of my invention. In theparticular constructions illustrated the main shaft f is shown as beingprovided with a crank 'u, and the adjusting disks 9 have mounted inthem, on an axis '0, springactuated teeth w. The latter lie normally ininoperative position, but are on contacting with a depressed cash key:12 forced laterally intoan operativeposition, so (that during r tationof their disks 9 they-unay engage the toothed wheels mounted on theshafts of i the figure is described in Letters Patent No. 858,982,v

granted to me the 2nd July, 1907. This particular operation has noessential connection with the particular improvement herein claimed. Thedepressed keys as arereturned to their initial position by means ofa camy on each adjusting disk, while the teeth w are regtgxed to theirinoperative position on striki' g a stationary projections.

- Having thus described, what I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patcut is 1. In a cash register, in combination a plurality ofsliding tills, a plurality of rods, means for elevating the said rods onreces- Such tills may manifestly be assigned' heels of the main countingdesion of the tills, a special counting device for each of the tills,means for transmitting the motion of the said rods to the said specialcounting devices for the purpose of initially I adjusting the latter,and means for operating ing devices for the tills mounted on the toothedmeans, a toothed segment meshing with the latter and turned by theelevated rod, whereby the segment; initially adjusts the specialcounting device corresponding to the elevated rod and means foroperating the initially adjusted special device, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a cash register, in combination, a plurality of sliding tills, aplurality of rods, means for elevating the said rods on recession of thetills, a toothed case presenting notches, special counting devices forthe tills mounted in the toothed case, a toothed segment meshing withthe latter and turned by the elevated rod, whereby the segment initiallyadjusts the special counting device corresponding to the elevated rod, asliding pin' engaging in the notches of the said toothed case, a crankshaft and a cam on the latter actuating said pin, whereby the toothedcase can be temporarily locked in position,'and means for operating theinitially adjusted special device, substantially as described..

4. In a cash-register, in combination, a plurality of sliding tills, aplurality of de- Vices for locking the latter, each of which devices isinitiallyactuated on recession of the till which it controls, specialcounting devices for the tills, means for transmitting the motion of theinitially actuated locking devices to the said special counting devicesfor the purpose of initially adjusting the latter, means for operatingthe initially adjusted special countin device and means fordisengagingthe initlally actuated locking device, substantially asdescribed.

5. Ina cash register, in combination a plurality of sliding tills, eachpresenting a catch, a plurality of locking rods engaging with the saidcatches and each partially elevated by recession of the till which itcontrols, toothed means, special counting devices for the tills mountedon the toothed v means, ,a toothed segment meshing with the latter andturned by the initially actuated lockingrods, whereby the segmentinitially adjusts the special counting device corresponding to theactuated locking rod, means for operating the initially adjusted specialcountin device and means for disengaging 'the initially actuated lockingrod, substani I 139 tially as described.

means controlled by the cash receptacles for setting the countingdevices, according to the movementof the receptacles, and means foroperating said counting devices.

7 .Jn a cash register, the combination of a series I of independentcounting devices, a

series of cash receptacles for different clerks or salesmen and settingmeans for the said counting devices, controlled by these'veral cashreceptacles, serving to set either of the independent countingdevices'in operative position, by the manipulation of the correspondingcash receptacles.

8. In a cash register, the combination of a series of independentcounting devices resting normally in inoperative position, a series ofcash receptacles for the different clerks, arranged to be operated byhand, independent setting means for each of said counting devices,controlled by the several cash receptacles and serving to shift aparticular counting device into operative position by the manipuiationof the corresponding cash receptacle, and means for operating saidcounting devices.

9. In a cash register,- the combination with a series of independentcounting devices, of a series of cash receptacles for difierent clerksarranged to be operated by hand, means controlled by the cashreceptacles for setting the counting devices according to the movementof the receptacles, and means to lock said counting devices in adjustedposition.

The foregoing specification signed at Chemnitz this 12th day of March1907.

WOLDEMAR REINHOLD HEINIT Z.

In presence of- FREDERICK J. DIETZMAN, JOHANNES BLEICHE.

